that is correct. its a move necessitated by Thomas taking over for the injured Jones and therefore needing to reduce his ST role.

A bright spot has been safety Michael Thomas, whose nine special-teams tackles this year are tied for second in the league. However, the Dolphins will likely ramp down Thomas’ kick and punt coverage exposure now that he’s starting in place of injured Reshad Jones.

Thomas played just 17 of 32 special-teams snaps along with all 57 plays on defense in Sunday’s win over the Bills.

“It is a challenge; you have to find that delicate balance with a guy like Mike Thomas for example, who played a lot of defense [Sunday],” Rizzi said. “We didn’t take him off of everything, but he came off of some teams.”